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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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41 Librae

Below the horizon.  Rise: 19:55 | Tran: 0:09 | Set: 4:27
Alt: -48.27°   Az: 52.57°   Direction: North-East

41 Librae is a variable giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Libra.

41 Librae visual magnitude is 5.38. Because of its faintness, 41 Librae is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of 41 Librae star
DSS2 image of 41 Librae. The red arrow shows the motion of 41 Librae during the next 10000 years (14.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -12.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 40m 22s
-19° 22’ 59”
14h 16m 19s
05h 56m 41s

J2000

15h 38m 54s
-19° 18’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

348.63°
28.35°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for 41 Librae.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.38
Giant

0.29
G8III
5106K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 41 Librae is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of 41 Librae. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

41 Librae is distant 339.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 47 kilometers per second.

104.17
339.58
47 km/s
0.085 arcsec/y
-0.076"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO159411
SAO159411

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 41 Librae rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 109.4°
Max altitude: 19.1°
Azimuth: 250.6°